Archaeobotanical reconstructions of vegetation and report of mummified apple seeds found in the cellar of a first-century Roman villa on Elba Island

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Biologies Vol. 339; no. 11-12; pp. 487 - 497
• Main Authors: Milanesi, Claudio, Scali, Monica, Vignani, Rita, Cambi, Franco, Dugerdil, Lucas, Faleri, Claudia, Cresti, Mauro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier SAS 01.11.2016
• Subjects: apples; archaeobotany; Archaeology; DNA; DNA, Plant - genetics; Embryon momifié; First century AD; genetic markers; Genetic Markers - genetics; Ier siècle avant J.-C; Islands; Italy; Malus - genetics; Malus seeds; Marqueur SSR; microsatellite repeats; Mummified embryo; palynology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pépin de pomme; Roman villa; seeds; Seeds - genetics; sequence analysis; SSR markers; vegetation; Villa romaine; Mummified embryo; Villa romaine; SSR markers; Ier siècle avant J.-C; Malus seeds; First century AD; Roman villa; Pépin de pomme; Embryon momifié; Marqueur SSR; I(er) siècle avant J.-C

In the late Roman Republic period (2nd–1st century BC), in the area of San Giovanni on Elba Island, previously subject to intense extraction of iron ore, a rustic villa was established by Marco Valerio Messalla, a supreme Roman magistrate. The foundations of the walls were discovered and excavated b...